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As you may recall in last month's issue I showed the home brewed crane attachment I'd made to help me do some heavy lifting around the shop without calling in reinforcements. It actually works rather well, but it does have its limitations. (http://classictrucks.com/admincp/tech/1004clt_harbor_freights_telescoping_gantry_crane/index.html)As you may recall in last month's issue I showed the home brewed crane attachment I'd made to help me do some heavy lifting around the shop without calling in reinforcements. It actually works rather well, but it does have its limitations. Primarily the fact that it's hard to use under lowered vehicles due to the castered legs that require a good 7 inches of clearance between the ground and the framerails. In that story I also alluded to an option that I thought was as useful as what I'd built myself and more than likely quite a bit safer to use.
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As you may recall in last month's issue I showed the home brewed crane attachment I'd made to help me do some heavy lifting around the shop without calling in reinforcements. It actually works rather well, but it does have its limitations. (http://classictrucks.com/admincp/tech/1004clt_harbor_freights_telescoping_gantry_crane/index.html)As you may recall in last month's issue I showed the home brewed crane attachment I'd made to help me do some heavy lifting around the shop without calling in reinforcements. It actually works rather well, but it does have its limitations. Primarily the fact that it's hard to use under lowered vehicles due to the castered legs that require a good 7 inches of clearance between the ground and the framerails. In that story I also alluded to an option that I thought was as useful as what I'd built myself and more than likely quite a bit safer to use.
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